<p>Rathbones is delighted to be working in partnership with Civil Society Media as sponsors of the 2018 Charity Awards. The awards celebrate leadership, good governance, innovation and excellence. As investment managers, we do everything we can to support the work that the third sector does and promoting best practice is an important part of our relationship with charities.&nbsp; The Charity Awards provide charities of all shapes and sizes with a window to showcase their efforts and the impact they have made.</p>

<img alt height="481" src="https://d2fbaur19mkdj9.cloudfront.net/sites/rathbones.com/files/imce/braille.jpg" width="454"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We&nbsp;are supporting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.clearvisionproject.org/">ClearVision</a>, a lending library that adds Braille to children's books, before loaning them to visually impaired children.</p> <p>The charity's library is well established and serves over 1,000 families, schools,&nbsp;Vision Support Services and public libraries, making over 10,000 loans in the last year alone.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This year’s Citywealth Magic Circle awards took place on Wednesday 10 May and our private client team won the Private Client Asset Manager of the Year (Institutional) award for the second year running. Our team was recognised for its commitment to excellence in client service, leadership and contribution to the profession.</p> <p>Rathbones enjoyed further success on the evening as the charity team were runners up in the Charity Investment Manager of the Year category. This is a category the team has won five times in the last seven years.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.rutm.com">Rathbone Unit Trust Management</a> has added to its range of specialist funds for charities with the launch of the Rathbone Core Investment Fund for Charities, to be managed by <a href="http://www.rathbones.com/about-us/our-people/andrew-pitt">Andrew Pitt</a>, Investment Director and Head of Charities, London. Following increased demand from its growing charity client base, the new fund will offer a multi-asset investment strategy to complement the existing Rathbone Active Income and Growth Fund.</p>

<p>Rathbones&nbsp;has been named ‘Investment Manager of the Year’ at the <a href="http://www.charitytimes.com/awards/">Charity Times Awards 2016</a>. The judges praised Rathbones’ “impressive growth” and “genuine commitment to ethics and performance.”</p> <img alt height="943" src="https://d2fbaur19mkdj9.cloudfront.net/sites/rathbones.com/files/imce/2016ctawards-winner.jpg" width="1400"> <p>&nbsp;</p>